Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2024-41761
Published: February 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU104123
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41761
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can trigger a server crash under certain conditions by sending a specially crafted query.
Affected software
IBM DB2 LUW
IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Security Verify Governance - Containerized Identity Manager
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
Datacap
Db2 Big SQL
IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Security Verify Governance - Containerized Identity Manager
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
Datacap
Db2 Big SQL
How to mitigate CVE-2024-41761
Install updates from vendor's website.
IBM DB2 LUW - addressed in versions 10.5 FP11, 11.1.4 FP7, 11.5.9
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.6.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.4
Db2 Big SQL - update to 8.2
IBM Cloud Pak System - update to 2.3.6.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.4
Db2 Big SQL - update to 8.2
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Datacap
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Governance Identity Manager - Container
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Application Performance Management
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Governance
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Remote Server
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak System
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Db2 Big SQL on Cloud Pak for Data